2 Corinthians 2:8

I beg you therefore fully to reinstate him in your love.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.

In Context

7So that you may now take the opposite course, and forgive him rather and comfort him, for fear he should perhaps be driven to despair by his excess of grief.

9For in writing to you I have also this object in view--to discover by experience whether you are prepared to be obedient in every respect.

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Cross References

Galatians 5:13You however, brethren, were called to freedom. Only do not turn your freedom into an excuse for giving way to your lower natures; but become bondservants to one another in a spirit of love.

Galatians 6:10So then, as we have opportunity, let us labour for the good of all, and especially of those who belong to the household of the faith.

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 2:6-12

Case of the Incestuous Person. ( a. d. 57.) 5 But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all. 6 Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many. 7 So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow. 8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him. 9 For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye… Read the whole commentary →

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